y k y cm INSANELY IN LOVE GUNS TRAINED ON STALIN NEW ‘HOPE’ Actor Priyanka Chopra thanks Nick Jonas for DMK president Stalin has said the coronavirus The United Arab Emirates thinking of her all the time and calls spread in Chennai is higher than launched its first mission to Mars Monday herself world’s ‘luckiest girl’ LEISURE | P2 that of China TWO STATES | P7 INTERNATIONAL | P10 VOLUME 10, ISSUE 110 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | TUESDAY, JULY 21 | 2020 12 PAGES | `4.00 Bharat Biotech’s city project in deep freeze BISWA BHUSAN MOHAPATRA, OP Bharat Biotech to implement the proj- OPPORTUNITY LOST ect,” said a senior official of IDCO. Bhubaneswar, July 20: The state A Arunachalam, who is in charge government had decided to set up a Foundation stone for the project of BBIL’s Odisha project, has not given biotechnology park on the outskirts of was laid Oct 25, 2009 and again any satisfactory answer for the delay. Nov 16, 2017 the city to make Bhubaneswar a hub “There are many reasons for the delay. for investors in biotechnology. The State govt handed over 65 acres The state government has provided all government identified 65 acres at at Andharua 10 years ago kinds of support. We are fully com- Andharua on the city’s outskirts for mitted to implement the project and the park. Biotech plans to make a vaccine very soon, may be in next two months, Hyderabad-based vaccine major against malaria, injectable polio work will start,” Arunachalam said. Incentives for Bharat Biotech International Ltd vaccine, Covid-19 human papil- Asked about the present status of the (BBIL), a front runner in Covid vaccine loma vaccine in first phase project, he said, “We have got required programme, was chosen as an anchor approval from the State Pollution tenant for the project. Bharat Biotech tire site, supposed to resemble a plush to set up a vaccine manufacturing Control Board. Now we are waiting for Covid workers had taken 30 acres of valuable land at business district, now resembles a for- unit. the environment clearance from the the site promising to set up a vaccine saken desert with little or no activity. An increasingly impatient IDCO Centre. Until we get the environment Daily allowances : `1,000 for doctors; `500 manufacturing unit here. However, Barring the formation of a com- had issued a notice to BBIL in 2015, ask- clearance, we cannot start construc- for staff nurses, pharmacists, radiographers the project remains a non- pany titled Odisha Biotech ing it why the lease agreement should tion at the site.” ` starter till now for reasons Park Private Limited and a not be terminated. The notice had The company Biotech is planning and lab hands; 200 for Class IV employees; best known to the firm. small two-floored building, As per the proposal, the park was sup- spurred the BBIL to seek more time to make a vaccine against malaria, `7,500 for disposal of Covid positive bodies From government side, BBIL has carried out no phys- posed to have a Biotech Incubator (10 from the state government to get its proj- injectable polio vaccine, Covid-19 IDCO has developed all in- ical progress at the site. acres), a biotechnology corridor – ect on track to which the latter had human papilloma vaccine (HPV) in POST NEWS NETWORK frastructure such as roads, Even though no progress modular labs (three acres), IT corridor grudgingly agreed. the first phase. STATE TOLL 97 boundary wall, lights, water supply and was made, the foundation stone for (22 acres), administrative corridor “The project was first monitored Had the project been implemented, Bhubaneswar, July 20: The COVID-19 tally in Odisha solar fencing as it is close to elephant the project was laid twice. The stone (three acres) and an infrastructure by the science and technology de- Odisha would have got a chance to With an aim to encourage crossed the 18,000-mark as sanctuary at Chandaka. The con- for the Biotechnology Park was laid and commercial complex (25 acres). partment. Now, we are looking after it. compete with the world in Covid-19 vac- frontline Covid workers, the 673 more people tested posi- struction work was supposed to start October 25, 2009 while the ground At the Make-in-Odisha Conclave All the required infrastructure in- cine manufacturing. Specially, biotech- state government Monday tive for coronavirus, while by March 2011. breaking ceremony for setting up of a 2018, the chairman of Odisha Biotech cluding road, water supply, electricity nology students of Odisha would have announced daily incentives the death toll reached 97 However, BBIL has not even com- multiple human vaccine production Park Pvt Ltd Krishna Ella had com- has been provided to the site. We are benefited from this, said former biotech- for doctors, paramedical with six patients succumb- menced the construction work. The en- plant was laid November 16, 2017. mitted to invest `500 crore in the state also providing handholding support to nology director Uma Ballav Mishra. staff and other employees ing to the disease, a Health working in Covid hospitals. Department official said As per a notification is- Monday. With 673 new sued by the health and fam- cases, the total number of IRREGULAR by MANJUL coronavirus patients rose to END OF EPOCH ily welfare department, healthcare personnel in- 18,110, he said. Of the six new fatalities, five were cluding doctors, paramedics AIIMS begins reported from Ganjam, the and Class IV employees serv- worst-hit district by the pan- ing in various Covid health demic, and one from BIJAY MOHANTY centres, Covid care centres Gajapati, the official said. and special Covid hospitals will get the daily incentives. human trial of The doctors will receive tact with Covid positive pa- PASSES AWAY a daily incentive of `1,000 tients at Covid healthcare fa- while it will be `500 for staff cilities, the government said. nurse, pharmacists, radi- Similarly, the government POST NEWS NETWORK ographers and laboratory has also announced assis- Covid vaccine technicians. Class IV em- tance of `7,500 for disposal Bhubaneswar, July 20: Veteran film ployees will receive `200 per of Covid positive bodies. In Uniform, books, bags were fine. But now, for AGENCIES actor Bijay Mohanty breathed his last day. The additional expen- fear of infections, at many online classes, they want us to buy laptops ASTRAZENECA & net connection from school itself! at a private hospital here, Monday ditures in this regard will be instances, the government New Delhi, July 20: The All India SHOWS PROMISE evening. He was 70 and is survived by met from the Chief has noticed that no one is Institute of Medical Sciences his wife Tandra Ray. Both have a daugh- Minister’s Relief Fund coming forward to make (AIIMS), Delhi began phase I/II of LONDON: AstraZeneca’s experimen- ter who lives in Hyderabad. (CMRF). last rites of Covid-infected SHORT TAKES human clinical trials of the in- tal COVID-19 vaccine was safe and In 1977, Bijay started his career in The employees will avail bodies. Therefore, the gov- digenously developed Covid-19 vac- produced an immune response in Odia film industry with the film Chilika the incentives for those days ernment has announced early-stage clinical trials in healthy cine 'Covaxin' Monday, AIIMS-Delhi Tire which won the national award for when they are in active con- this aid, sources said. volunteers, data showed Monday. Babri case: LK, Director Dr Randeep Guleria said, The vaccine, called AZD1222 and that year. Initially, he opted for negative Joshi to depose adding that it would take at least being developed by AstraZeneca roles. Naga Phasa, Samay Bada Balaban, three months for researchers to and scientists at Britain’s University Danda Balunga, Sahari Bagha, Chaka arrive at the first set of data. of Oxford, did not prompt any seri- Bhaunri and Chaka Akhi Sabu Lucknow: A special CBI court ous side-effects and elicited anti- Dekhuchi are some of his most no- No of PSBs may Monday set July 24 for table films in negative role. recording the statement of body and T-cell immune responses, However, the actor grew in stature former deputy prime minister according to trial results published LK Advani in the 1992 Babri in The Lancet medical journal. “We with every movie and even donned mosque demolition case. The hope this means the immune sys- the hero’s hat in a number of other drop to just five 92-year-old BJP leader's tem will remember the virus, so that films. His other memorable films are statement under section 313 of our vaccine will protect people for Arati (1981), Mamata Mage Mula CrPC will be recorded through an extended period,” study lead (1985), Aei Aama Sansara (1986), AGENCIES leading to an effective pri- video conferencing. author Andrew Pollard of the Aama Ghara Aama Sansara (1991), 1950-2020 vatisation of these state- Phase 1 of the three-phase human University of Oxford said. Ki Heba Sua Posile, Bhisma New Delhi/Mumbai, July owned lenders, a govern- trials started as coronavirus cases Pratigyna (1993), Bhai Hela Bhagari going treatment at a hospital in 20: India is looking to pri- ment official said. `50K for HC judges in India crossed the 11 lakh-mark vated Sars-CoV-2 so their bodies (1994), Suna Panjuri, Laxman Rekha, Hyderabad for various ailments. He vatise more than half of its “The idea is to have 4-5 with 40,000 fresh cases of COVID- can produce Covid-fighting anti- Rakhi Bhijigala Akhi Luhare and I Love had expressed his desire to return state-owned banks to reduce government owned banks,” to buy specs 19.